That’s where all good music comes from, I think – anything that’s likely to have an impact on pop culture comes from a point where there’s no expectation of it becoming anything other than personal.
BILLIE JOE ARMSTRONGThe fact that I was taking naps in churches, in between takes of the [Ordinary World], and there was that guerilla style of filmmaking, I felt more at home with that.
More Billie Joe Armstrong Quotes
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I was on drugs when I wrote some of my songs. It was a rough time for me, but I’m lucky enough to be one of the people who learned from that experience and moved on, where other people just got addicted and more addicted and more addicted until it killed them.
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The main thing about the character [in the Ordinary World] is that he loves music, and he shares it with his daughter. He’s having a mid-life moment, and it’s a small moment, really.
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We never fit in completely to [the punk] scene because we were writing love songs that were heartfelt and endearing.
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The record [American Idiot ] felt special to us, when we recorded it, with all of the artwork and the concept behind it and it being a rock opera, but we didn’t really know where it was going to go.
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Every night I play as if my life depends on it.
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It’s okay to grow up, it’s just slowing down that’s the scary part. Running out of time. It’s okay to grow up, but it doesn’t mean you have to become like your parents.
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Some of the punks didn’t know what to make of us, but I finally realized that was what made us punk. We sang what we meant, from the heart, and didn’t worry about what anyone was going to think.
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To do something that you feel in your heart that’s great, you need to make a lot of mistakes. Anything that’s successful is a series of mistakes.
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If I look at my old lyrics, they seem to be full of rage, but empty. There was an emptiness in my life.
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Punk is always something that’s going to be with us and to try and explain that would be stupid at this point.
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It would be great to do a rock opera, but using more low-fi technology. I love shitty-sounding records.
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One thing I want to teach my son is sensitivity to other people. I want to teach him not to be this macho freak.
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Anything that is successful is a series of mistakes.
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I’m a dirt bag rock and roller. I want to represent that before anything else
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I started getting in the groove of it and it was really fun. I love being a rookie at stuff. It makes it feel vital. I love doing things I’ve never done before, and I love making stuff.
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